I'm looking into the Seas Vifa TG9 right now, but it looks like they need more space than I have.

They'll be going near the A-pillar along with the tweeter.

I'd really like some suggestions here on what else I should look at. I'd also appreciate some feedback on playing frequency. My rainbows will be staying for a while, so if anyone has experience with using them as mid-bass & tweeter I'd appreciate that input, too.

phyphoestilic

04-02-2007, 02:06 PM

If ur just running midrange/tweeter/sub then u need a midrange that plays down to around 100hz. Since a sub isnt's suppose to really play above that anyways. Good general X-point for tweets to mids would be around 3khz. Be alot better if u could run a 4 way with mid/woofer/tweet + subwoofer. That way u can cross the mid at around 500hz and run woofer from 100-500.

bikinpunk

04-02-2007, 02:36 PM

Be alot better if u could run a 4 way with mid/woofer/tweet + subwoofer. That way u can cross the mid at around 500hz and run woofer from 100-500.

actually it should as not too many domes can play down to 300hz. i think the atc domes and dls domes are the only ones i know of that can go down that low but thats still pushing it.

if you can get a pair of legatia mids used, i believe they go around for that price. retail is $250. tg9's are also a nice choice.

Flipx99

04-02-2007, 04:03 PM

I was thinking DLS when i said that. eD sells the lowest series a bit out of your price range.

I wanna try the legatias though.

iamamp3pimp

04-02-2007, 04:10 PM

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=285-020

i have them playing down to 250, and they are absurdly nice, and they get very loud.

yes they are 8 ohm drivers though, and the physical size is huge, but they are well within your price range.

bikinpunk

04-02-2007, 04:11 PM

I'm not sure it matters.

It'll be mounted up top and can easily be on-axis, or off-axis. From what I understand, dome's aren't good off-axis, but that doesn't matter here. I'd like to cut it off pretty high if I can (> 4khz) but have it play fairly low. It's really all relative to the driver's capabilities I suppose.

I'm fortunate here since I can choose off or on-axis. If I HAD to pick, I'd probably say Dome, but for not reason other than I like the idea of on-axis.

Hopefully someone can embellish on the characteristics of dome vs. cone.

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bikinpunk

04-02-2007, 04:13 PM

Wow, 3 replies while I was typing mine.

I e-mailed Scott Buwhalda (sp?) about pricing on the L3s and he said $249 shipped. That's out of my price range by a lot.

Jlace

04-02-2007, 08:00 PM

http://www.bavariansoundwerks.com/

They have a 2.5 mid, Rainbow maybe. It fits in the top of the door in a BMW 5 series. No clue on price, but they are "rainbows" or equals I think.

Flipx99

04-02-2007, 10:43 PM

I'm not sure it matters.

It'll be mounted up top and can easily be on-axis, or off-axis. From what I understand, dome's aren't good off-axis, but that doesn't matter here. I'd like to cut it off pretty high if I can (> 4khz) but have it play fairly low. It's really all relative to the driver's capabilities I suppose.

I'm fortunate here since I can choose off or on-axis. If I HAD to pick, I'd probably say Dome, but for not reason other than I like the idea of on-axis.

Hopefully someone can embellish on the characteristics of dome vs. cone.